We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.

...one of the best things about running is that no matter how fast you've run in the past, running fast in the future does not come easily or with any guarantees.

This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.

The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were no undesirable flight characteristics. The directional stability was excellent and, properly trimmed, the B-17 could be taken off, landed and banked without change of trim.

It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient.

I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.